Melchior de Polignac
Melchior de Polignac | |
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| Archbishop of Auch | |
Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1715 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Auch |
| Appointed | December 1725 |
| Term ended | 20 November 1741 |
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| Ordination | 19 September 1722 |
| Consecration | 19 March 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII |
| Created cardinal | 18 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | 11 October 1661 |
| Died | 20 November 1741 (aged 80) Paris, France |
| Buried | Saint-Sulpice |
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Melchior Cardinal de Polignac (11 October 1661 – 20 November 1742) was a French diplomat, Cardinal and Neo-Latin poet.
Second son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac and Marquis Chalancon (1608–1692), Governor of Puy; and Jacqueline de Beauvoir -Grimoard-de Roure (1641–1721) (his third wife), Melchior de Polignac was born at Chateau de la Ronte, near Puy en Vélay, Lavoûte-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, Auvergne.